Background

Trivium was formed in 2000 in Altamonte Springs Florida - Travis Smith, Matt Heafy and two other band mates met at Travis's house to learn and cover "For Whom the Bell Tolls" for his high school's Battle of the Bands competition. Even though they were inexperienced, they quickly formulated a band - the aggression of Trivium was popular among the high school crowd. Shortly after the Battle of the Bands show Trivium performed in a local music contest, Indiefest, taking 2nd place overall. After a couple local party gigs, Trivium's original singer left the band.

It was decided that Matt would take on the lead vocal duties as well as being the lead & rhythm guitarist and a search was underway for a rhythm guitarist. An old band mate of Travis', Brent Young earned the spot. With the new line up, Trivium played several garage gigs, party gigs, small clubs, and high school level competitions, gaining experience and writing more original songs. Soon, Trivium headed into a local studio to record a three-song demo.

Brent eventually moved to bass after Trivium's bassist departed.

Trivium's fan base began to grow, the band began to receive more local buzz and awards. Carrying a full set of originals, Trivium tore up club after club during the summer, opened for national acts - placed 1st for Battle of the Bands in high school and Matt was awarded The Best Metal Guitarist Award for 2002 presented by The Orlando Metal Awards.

Trivium recorded four more originals for their next demo. After this demo was recorded the musical direction of the band changed to something that the band and critics categorize as Melodic Death Metalcore. After one more 7-song demo EP, LifeForce records from Germany signed the band in May of 2003 and the band released 'Ember To Inferno' before adding second guitarist Corey Beaulieu and joining Roadrunner in April 2004.

An official announcement has been made concerning the lineup for the 2018 edition of the ‘Monster Energy Fort Rock‘ festival. The Festival will be held at its new home at Markham Park in Sunrise, FL and features the following lineups: More...

Trivium released a music video for the new single "Thrown Into The Fire." The song is taken from the band's new "The Sin And The Sentence," which is now available via Roadrunner Records. Get the album now over here.

Trivium‘s new track “Betrayer” received its official premiere through the BBC Radio 1‘s ‘Rock Show With Daniel P Carter‘. You can stream it now in the player at this location, skipping ahead to 01:49:13 in. The band's new album, “The Sin And The Sentence“, is out this coming Friday, October 20th.

Trivium has unveiled details of the new album "The Sin and the Sentence" (see album art/track listing below). Set for release on October 20th via Roadrunner Records, the album is available for pre-order today at all DSPs and at this location, with all pre-orders receiving instant grat downloads of the album’s title track and the newly released single, “The Heart From Your Hate,” which is streaming now accompanied by an official music video shown in the player below.

Recorded with producer Josh Wilbur (Lamb of God, Gojira) at Santa Ana, California’s Hybrid Studios, "The Sin and the Sentence" finds Trivium – Matt Heafy (lead vocals, lead guitar), Corey Beaulieu (guitar, vocals), Paolo Gregoletto (bass) and Alex Bent (drums) – returning with the first new music since the celebrated 2015 LP "Silence in the Snow."

The new LP also features the band’s first recordings with new drummer Bent who joined the band last year. Earlier this summer Trivium debuted the album’s incendiary title track, “The Sin And The Sentence,” the official music video for which has amassed over 1.5 Million views in just three weeks.

Currently wrapping up a summer of European headline dates and appearances at festivals such as Germany’s Wacken Open Air and Poland’s Woodstock Festival, Trivium will make a return to North America this fall on a co-headline tour with Arch Enemy featuring support from While She Sleeps and Fit For An Autopsy. The tour will kick off on October 27th in Orlando, FL and make its way across the U.S. and Canada before finishing on December 6th in Houston, TX.

The track listing for the new release is:

1. The Sin And The Sentence (see music video here)2. Beyond Oblivion3. Other Worlds4. The Heart From Your Hate5. Betrayer6. The Wretchedness Inside7. Endless Night8. Sever The Hand9. Beauty In The Sorrow10. The Revanchist11. Thrown Into The Fire More...

Arch Enemy and Trivium are excited to announce plans for a co-headlining tour across North America later this fall, featuring support from English metalcore outfit While She Sleeps and New Jersey deathcore act Fit For An Autopsy.

The tour will kick off on October 27th in Orlando, FL and make its way across the U.S. and Canada before finishing on December 6 in Houston, TX. Arch Enemy guitarist Michael Amott exclaimed:

"Very much looking forward to returning to North America with this tour! We are aware that it has been long overdue and we appreciate everyone's patience while we've been creating our new 'Will To Power' album. This run will be like a family reunion with our old friends in Trivium; together we'll be crushing city after city with the power of heavy metal! Good times ahead, don’t miss the fun!"

Trivium further stated, "We've been joining forces with Arch Enemy for over a decade now. From Ozzfest 2005, through arenas across the U.K., Europe, and Australia on The Black Crusade. This next chapter is going to be one for the ages: Trivium, Arch Enemy, While She Sleeps, and Fit for an Autopsy!! DO NOT MISS THIS!!” More...

Trivium today premieres a new single and music video titled "The Sin And The Sentence." The track is also now available to purchase as a single through digital retailers here.

Assuming that the retailers link (https://trivium.lnk.to/VIII) refers to the roman number 8 and the band’s next album will be the band's eighth release, it might well be that Trivium has a new full-length album up its sleeve.

Trivium has officially confirmed that the band has tapped drummer Alex Bent (Dragonlord, ex-Battlecross, etc.) for the upcoming European/UK tour. Rumors of Bent being recruited by the band first emerged a few weeks back.

Trivium bassist Paolo Gregoletto tweeted Bent‘s yesterday: "So as to who is playing for us in the UK/EU… Alex sent us this video two days after being put in touch with him. We also had a few weeks of rehearsal together in November."

Trivium is streaming part one of the band's "Ember To Inferno" retrospective in honor of the upcoming "Ember To Inferno" reissue, which will be out in stores December 02nd via Cooking Vinyl. A deluxe edition of the re-release, titled "Ember To Inferno: Ab Initio", will come with various bonus demo material.

Trivium is streaming an early demo track titled "The Storm", taken from the upcoming "Ember To Inferno" reissue, which will be out in stores December 02nd via Cooking Vinyl. The track in particular appears on the "Caeruleus" bonus disc included with the deluxe "Ember To Inferno: Ab Initio" edition of the reissue.

I've never been to an open air music festival. Mostly since most music fests have only one or two artists who I like and try to jam as many different styles of music into one festival as possible to the point where they have no target audience anymore. Lollapalooza is perhaps the biggest offender in that regard to he point where it appeals to both everyone and nobody simultaneously. But thankfully Chicago finally got a metal festival of its own to compensate for a lot of the directionless festivals that the city is known for that have kept me at bay for so long.

Milwaukee Metalfest closed up around a decade ago so Chicago getting a heavy metal festival was (literally) music to my ears. The Rust Belt had nothing in the way of metal festivals and the only other big metal fests have been Rocklahoma, Maryland Deathfest, New England Metal and Hardcore Fest and 70,000 Tons of Metal. As somebody who doesn't live within driving distance from Oklahoma, Maryland, Massachusetts or Florida, I was incredibly excited for something to hit the Midwest as it was long overdue.

But the part that got me most excited was the potential for the future. Specifically a future where artists who only do festivals and mini-tours can finally hit a big outdoor stage and do so in my hometown. Think Anaal Nathrakh, Samael, Ihsahn, Pig Destroyer and Zardonic being able to not only play a real festival show in the Midwest but also be introduced to a whole new audience who would be coming for the far more mainstream headliner. At the very least, the fest could use some less obscure second stage openers and some more foreign bands who haven't come to America for years like Primordial, Vreid or Orphaned Land. But for a brand new festival, the lineup wasn't bad by any means, particularly when it came to headliners. It's a possible future outlet for all the cool stuff that I would never otherwise get to see in coming years which is what got me psyched more than anything else.

I waited in the mother of all lines upon arriving on Friday for a full 90 minutes. Everyone wanted to be in early to catch the opening band on the opening day of the inaugural festival. And the person in front of me was the evil doppelganger of a friend of mine from college. Same body. Same haircut. Same facial features. Same teeth. It was just completely uncanny, especially since one of them lives in west Iowa and the other in east Nebraska. More...

Roadrunner recording group Trivium have announced detail of a fall North American headline tour. The trek, which gets underway September 15th at Columbus, OH’s Newport Music Hall, will feature special guests Sabaton and Huntress (see tour itinerary below). Presale tickets will be available beginning Thursday, July 14th at 10:00AM local time, with general on sale starting Saturday, July 16th at 10:00AM local time with additional dates to be announced. The headline tour will also see Trivium making several mainstage festival appearances at Monster Energy Rock Allegiance (September 17th), Ozzfest meets Knotfest (September 25th), JJO Sonic Boom (October 1st), Louder Than Life (October 2nd) and Rock & Shock (October 14th).

Trivium frontman Matt Heafy commented on the band’s excitement to return stateside exclaiming, “America! We're coming back to party with all of you. This year has already seen countless cities in numerous countries, and now is the time to bring it back to our home country with our brothers and sisters of metal.We are beyond excited to have one of our favorite bands on the planet, Sabaton on the bill; and we are absolutely stoked to have the incredible Huntress out with us as well. We will be bringing you a show to remember; playing all your favorite tunes off your favorite records.”

Sabaton also remarked on the upcoming tour stating, "On the HEROES tour we came to North America three times and now it’s time to return. This time we will do it with our brand new album THE LAST STAND which will hit stores on August 19th. This means that fans in North America will be able to enjoy the new songs before anyone else. We are joining the great band Trivium for the full run and are sure that fans who come to see us will have a great evening!"

Trivium premieres the official live video for "Dead And Gone", which was directed by Strati Hovartos and filmed during the band's performance at this year’s edition of "Rock On The Range" festival in Columbus, OH this past May.

Following a 2015 sellout with 50,000 in attendance, Louder Than Life returns to Champions Park near downtown Louisville October 1st & 2nd, 2016 for the third annual destination festival celebrating the region’s culture and cuisine.

The festival features award-winning bourbons and spirits, Gourmet Man Food, craft beer and some of the biggest names in rock music. Slipknot and Avenged Sevenfold top a music lineup of over 35 bands on three stages, with performances from Disturbed, Korn, Slayer, The Cult, Ghost, Rock and Roll Hall of Famers Cheap Trick and many more.

Louder Than Life founder and producer Danny Wimmer of Danny Wimmer Presents declares: “Louisville: The home of bourbon. Great people. Great food. How can those ingredients not make a perfect place to have a festival? This is a place you have to visit if you’re a lover of bourbon, a lover of food…a lover of life. I asked my team how we could top last year’s Louder Than Life sellout. The easy answer? Slipknot and Avenged Sevenfold." More...

Roadrunner recording group Trivium has unveiled an official music video for “Dead And Gone,” taken from the band’s latest LP "Silence In The Snow." Directed by Jon Paul Douglass, the video is streaming below.

Having recently wrapped a U.S. headline tour, Trivium will return to the road this spring alongside Sevendust and Like A Storm for a run of North American dates.

After parting ways with Travis Smith in 2010 and Nick Augusto in 2014, Trivium has again split with the band's current drummer. The group issued this statement online about parting with Mat Madiro:

"We are writing this to let you all know that Trivium has amicably parted ways with Mat Madiro as our drummer. Mat stepped up for us at a dire moment where it was either leave a tour, or carry on. With Mat, we will forever be eternally grateful of everything he helped us out with. Mat’s time filling in for us was much appreciated.

"Creatively though, we felt at this time we needed to make a change. And every change, every difficult decision and every evolution that Trivium has either decided, or been forced to make has been for the necessary for us to continue on as a functioning band. The things that go on behind the scenes that directly involve the Trivium members aren't always apparent from an outside fan’s perspective.

"With that said our new drummer is Paul Wandtke from Chicago, IL. With Paul, we took our careful time deciding exactly what had to happen and how. We spent our time checking out, trying out and feeling out many drummers this time around. After much deliberation, Paolo said to Matt one day 'you should hit up John Petrucci and see if he has an ideas.' We figured our friend John may have some ideas from the Berklee-world. More...